This article seems to complain more about a lack of focus than a lack of completeness - I'm going to go out on a limb and say that maintenance is good. Maintain

This article seems to complain more about a lack of focus than a lack of completeness - I'm going to go out on a limb and say that maintenance is good. Maintainence keeps software up to date with new tools, old bug fixes, and occasionally new hardware. I like all of this. None of this turns the OP's chair into a table. And if you have a clearly defined and (from the Unix Philosophy)narrow focus, you'll not transform your chair beyond the original purpose.the If something gets in the way of the narrow focus, you'll revert it. Really, this feels like it derives from do one thing. I think the value of minimizing updates is in massive and adaptable systems with hundreds of iterating moving parts, not in small UNIX-like tools where the focus naturally restricts the updates.